This book is an essential resource for understanding the question of the Bible's relationship to orality. Susan Niditch offers a strong argument for the continu

The concept of 'scripture' as written religious text is re-examined, considering orally distributed sacred writings.

This classic work explores the vast differences between oral and literate cultures offering a very clear account of the intellectual, literary and social effect

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This textbook focuses primarily on the content and structure of the Pentateuch. The process which produced the Pentateuch and the long record of its use within